'99 Joseph Leitz Rudesheimer Drachenstein

[Thomas]

Before I started up a winery in the Finger Lakes region I eschewed Riesling wine as--sweet and unworthy of my time. Now, I am a Riesling fan to the top, and I think what WOW posted is exactly the kind of appeal that stuff can be to open-minded people.

To me, Riesling is the most versatile grape--red or white--ever put on God's green vineyard hillsides. How many varieties can be made into sparkling and still wine, dry, or semi-dry, and also as spectacular dessert wine? Not many, and none as well as Riesling. And to those who say white wine doesn't age well--try an old Riesling. I have had some as much as twenty years old that will knock one's socks off.